We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Ranjeeta Singh a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Ranjeeta , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

I have spent all my higher learning after high school in the realm of health and wellness to some capacity. My undergraduate degree is in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Athletic Training from California State University, Sacramento. I continued my higher learning attending a Caribbean medical school, Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba.
My defining moment that changed the direction of my career came in the Spring of 2012. I had just finished my first two years of medical school and was studying to take my USMLE Step 1 exam. This exam and passing determines whether one continues into their clinical rotations for the next two years of medical school. My study schedule was rigorous, it was daily, and pretty much 8a-9/10p each day.
I remember being the heaviest I had ever been in my life and eating the unhealthiest when I was in the first two years of schooling. Late nights, energy drinks, and processed foods because it was easy to grab.
When my study schedule landed upon the endocrinology section and I was learning about metabolic disorders, I kind of had an epiphany. I couldn’t believe I was studying to become a doctor and my own habits were nothing close to being healthy, plus I was unhappy, overweight and circling pre-diabetes. The vision that popped in my mind was telling a patient to lose weight and make healthier eating choices and here I am the hypocrite sitting across from them. In that moment, I chose not to be the hypocrite doctor.
I looked at my study schedule and at the time, asked my parents to get me a gym membership. The next day, I started going to the gym at 4am with my mom. She was already going before work at that time, so I decided to join her. I am grateful for the undergraduate education because I at least had some sense of how to strength train. I found myself going to bodybuilding.com and printing out workouts that I could use. I decided to start eating whole foods and basically avoid anything processed.
I did this Monday through Friday the whole time I was studying. My study schedule changed to 8a-8p so I could go to bed and get enough sleep to be able to wake up at 345a and be at the gym by 4a and start the routine all over again until I had to take my exam.
This changed the trajectory of my career because I kept that habit going and I realized how much of my own health was in my hands. Staying active and making better food choices shifted how I felt about myself. It was probably the first time I felt good from the inside. I wanted others to feel this feeling too.
Fast forward, I took that exam, passed, got into my clinical rotations in Chicago and made sure I joined a gym out there to keep my healthy habit going. I would fit my workouts in when I could around my schedule at the time.
Fast forward again, 2014, I graduate medical school earn that prestigious degree, only to find out I didn’t match for residency. Insert depression and “now what do I do with my life?” I have bills to pay and I don’t want to do research, I am a people person.
I had to move back to Sacramento from Chicago, I started volunteering with hospice patients, still going to the gym and just trying to figure stuff out. Eventually I moved to the Bay Area of California to live with my brother and that was when the holistic profession began. I started working at a gym and eventually fell on my Kinesiology degree and started personal training. I had another one of those epiphany moments, where I clearly heard in my head, “go back to your roots.” That led me to study Ayurveda, ancient Indian practice of self healing. At the time, one of my personal training clients used to tell me I had healing hands. I inquired about this with one of my Ayurveda professors because she was a Reiki Master. I asked her if I could learn it as I felt drawn to it. She attuned and initiated me and I began working with friends and family. I was drawn to a book called The Art of Psychic Reiki, and upon reading it, I realized that is what I was doing when I would practice on my friends and family. I realized intuition is what allowed me to trust and follow those “epiphanies” I experienced prior. The most profound of them all, not wanting to be a hypocrite doctor.
Through personal training and now as a Reiki Practitioner and Holistic Wellness Consultant, I realized I still get to make an impact on people. I get to spend quality time with a client and guide them to their own personal health and wellness.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Oh boy, I feel like I answered a lot of this question in the first one. I got into Psychic Reiki and Holistic Wellness Consulting when things didn’t go according to plan in my medical career/journey. I’ve always been good at the pivot and keep going when it comes to life. A lot of the younger female clients I have worked with in the past have been in transitionary periods of their life. They know they want to change something, but have trouble trusting their own inner guidance. That is where I come in. Part of my Holistic Wellness Consulting involves a program I created called Self Love Sessions, I call it a 6 week spiritual bootcamp of sorts. We cover topics involving the mind, body and soul and each week builds on the previous. In our one on one sessions my psychic channels open to offer guidance for the client in their journey.
I think what sets me apart from others is my candid and “I’m a human, just like you.” attitude, along with practicing what I preach. I will never ask a client to do something I have not also done myself when it comes to self healing. Part of my services include life coaching and I strongly believe that part of that role is to speak life into others.
I am most proud of the work I have put into myself and my own healing because it is how I can mirror and teach to others their own ability to do the same. Each person is their own healer, but unless someone holds a light up for you to see it within yourself, you’ll always feel lost and seek guidance outside of yourself.
I always joke that I am a Jane of all trades, a master of none, except myself. I want to help women become experts in themselves. No one will ever be an expert in you, you have to become the expert in you.

What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?

For me, it has always been word of mouth and referral. I find it much easier to talk about what I do in person and real life. Something about that seems to win people over and they are happy to share my name or services with people they feel could benefit from it.

How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?

One of my life philosophies is “leave people better than you found them.” I practice that no matter where I am.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://rani-109904.square.site
• Instagram: @life_by_rani
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558860298317

Image Credits

Yosemites Golden Photography for personal photo.